15-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- jewelers' putty — putty powder.
- jewelers' rouge — the brownish-red oxide of iron produced by heating ferrous sulfate: used chiefly as a pigment in paints and theatrical rouge, and as a polishing agent.
- john ousterhout — (person) /oh'st*r-howt/ John K. Ousterhout, the designer of Tcl and Tk, and founder of Scriptics. See also: Ousterhout's dichotomy. E-mail: [email protected]
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- junior minister — politics
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- justice in eyre — a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- justice's court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
- keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- lamb's-quarters — the pigweed, Chenopodium album.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lateral fissure — the fissure separating the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the cerebrum.
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- leibnitz's rule — a rule for finding the derivative of the product of two functions. For a first derivative it is d(uv)/dx = udv/dx + vdu/dx
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
- little missouri — a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.
- liver of sulfur — sulfurated potash.
- living quarters — accommodation
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- lons-le-saunier — a department in E France. 1952 sq. mi. (5055 sq. km). Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
- lord of misrule — (in England) a person formerly chosen to direct the Christmas revels and sports.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).